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Israel-Hamas war: UN security council fails to agree resolution – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

UN agency, NGO heads make rare joint plea for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

UNICEF, UN Women and other agencies express ‘shock and horror’ at the mounting death toll from the conflict.

Al Jazeera

Gaza ceasefire becomes 'more urgent with every passing hour', says UN chief Guterres

In a televised address on Monday, UN chief Antonio Guterres said a ceasefire becomes “more urgent with every passing hour” as Israeli forces pounded the Hamas-held Gaza Strip after encircling the enclave's main city on Sunday. Hamas militants fired 16 rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel, the Palestinian group's armed…

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Israel and Hamas at war: what we know on day 31

Over 10,000 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza since 7 October; Israel’s military says it has encircled Gaza City and divided Gaza Strip into two

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands Forum: four leaders fail to attend as China-US rivalry takes centre stage

The US has been racing to reopen embassies and deepen links with Pacific countries in wake of Solomon Islands security pact with China

The Guardian - AU

‘Intense bombings’ by Israeli forces around Gaza hospitals amid blackout

Third total communications outage in Gaza since start of war as Israel says it has divided the besieged strip into two.

Al Jazeera

Family, including three children, killed by Israeli attack in south Lebanon

Israeli was also killed in a retaliatory strike launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah across the southern border.

Al Jazeera

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Israeli troops ‘have surrounded Gaza City’ as telecoms hit by another outage

The Gaza Strip has come under its third total communications outage since the start of the war, while Israel’s military announced it had encircled…

The National (Scotland)

‘Loss and damage’ deal struck to help countries worst hit by climate crisis

Governments draw up blueprint for fund to be administered at first by World Bank after tense Abu Dhabi talks

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy

Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week

The Guardian - UK

'We are failing again': UN, US resignations highlight splits over Israel's Gaza assault

While many Western leaders and officials were quick to express their support for Israel in its war against Hamas, there have been signs of dissent in senior US and UN circles over the West’s unwavering backing of Israel's massive retaliatory bombardments on Gaza. Some have even quit their posts.

France 24

With the US election a year away, most Americans don’t want Biden or Trump

Polls continue to show both presidential frontrunners ‘as tied as tied can be’, with third-party candidates tying for a distant third

The Guardian - US

Trump slams DeSantis with latest insult: ‘Wounded falling bird from the skies’

Former president goes after Chris Christie too, telling audience he was ‘booed off the stage’

The Independent UK

What happens to Gaza the day after the war ends?

A reformed Palestinian Authority or a multinational force have been mooted as solutions for security in the territory, but both proposals have met resistance

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Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN

The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and labourers.

The Guardian - UK

Humanitarian pause v ceasefire – the debate over how to ease Gaza’s suffering

While there is growing consensus on the need to help civilians, there is fierce division over how to go about it

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson jets to Israel to ‘express solidarity’ after Hamas attacks

Boris Johnson will meet relatives of hostages being held by Hamas during the unannounced visit

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war live: Netanyahu again rules out ceasefire until Hamas returns hostages; death toll in Gaza rises to 9,770

Israel’s PM says ‘We will continue until we beat them’; 4,008 children among those killed in blasts, Palestinian health authority says

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The Independent UK

Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks

Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily oversee the fund for the next four years

France 24

Israel steps up offensive with 'significant' strikes, cuts Gaza Strip in two

The Israeli army said Sunday its land assault on the Gaza Strip had split the Palestinian territory in two, with "significant" strikes continuing in its war against Hamas. Israeli airstrikes hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, the health ministry in…

The Guardian - UK

Gaza’s children face catastrophe as death toll nears 4,000, UN warns

Israeli bombs hit school being used as a shelter while warning comes that children form 40% of fatalities

The Independent UK

Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation

A report from the U.N. drugs agency says Afghan farmers lost more than $1 billion of cash income from opium sales after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation

The Independent UK

Israeli jets strike Gaza refugee camp, as US fails to win immediate support for pause in fighting

Palestinian health officials say Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens

The Guardian - UK

‘I have no time to cry’: a teacher in Gaza tells of toll of war on her family

As one of 1.4m people made homeless by the war, Eman Basher describes a routine of toil and fear in deteriorating conditions

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: Settler violence in West Bank could hasten Netanyahu's demise

It was way back in 1997 that I found myself sitting opposite the man who founded the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group,…

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